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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST LUKE</span>
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CHAPTER 21
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Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple and of Jerusalem—He tells of the signs to precede his Second Coming, and gives the parable of the fig tree.
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And</span> he looked up, and saw the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 4: 23; D&C 56: 16.">rich</a> men casting their gifts into the treasury.
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And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 64: 34 (22, 34).">mites</a>.
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And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
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For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
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&#182; And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
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<i>As for</i> these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 45: 20.">stone</a> upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
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And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be?  and what <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 24: 3 (3-46); D&C 45: 16 (16-75); JS-M 1: 4 (4-55).">sign</a> <i>will there be</i> when these things shall come to pass?
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And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am <i>Christ;</i> and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
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But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end <i>is</i> not by and by.
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Then said he unto them, <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 14 (13-14).">Nation</a> shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
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And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 6: 15; Mosiah 12: 4; D&C 97: 26 (22-26).">pestilences</a>; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Persecution.">persecute</a> <i>you,</i> delivering <i>you</i> up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
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And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
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Settle <i>it</i> therefore in your hearts, not to <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/14a" mark="a" type="R" title="GR practice, prepare; TG Meditation.">meditate</a> before what ye shall <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 84: 85.">answer</a>:
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For I will give you a mouth and <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/15a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 50: 4; Matt. 10: 19 (16-20); Acts 6: 10; D&C 11: 21; TG Wisdom.">wisdom</a>, which all your adversaries shall not be able to <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/15b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR speak against, oppose, contradict.">gainsay</a> nor resist.
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And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and <i>some</i> of you shall they cause to be put to death.
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And ye shall be hated of all <i>men</i> for my name’s <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 98: 13; D&C 101: 35.">sake</a>.
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But there shall not an <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 10: 30 (29-31); Alma 40: 23; D&C 29: 25.">hair</a> of your head perish.
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In your <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Patience.">patience</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/19b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR preserve, win mastery over.">possess</a> ye your souls.
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And when ye shall see <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 19: 43.">Jerusalem</a> compassed with <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 38: 16 (15-16); Rev. 16: 16.">armies</a>, then know that the <sup>c</sup><a href="luke/21/20c" mark="c" type="C" title="D&C 45: 19 (18-21); TG Abomination of Desolation.">desolation</a> thereof is nigh.
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Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/21a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR districts, or regions.">countries</a> enter thereinto.
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For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days!  for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
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And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/24a" mark="a" type="C" title="Dan. 12: 7; TG Israel, Scattering of.">led</a> away <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands.">captive</a> into all <sup>c</sup><a href="luke/21/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Israel, Twelve Tribes of.">nations</a>: and Jerusalem shall be <sup>d</sup><a href="luke/21/24d" mark="d" type="A" title="Dan. 9: 27 (24-27).">trodden</a> down of the <sup>e</sup><a href="luke/21/24e" mark="e" type="C" title="D&C 45: 25; TG Gentiles.">Gentiles</a>, until the times of the Gentiles be <sup>f</sup><a href="luke/21/24f" mark="f" type="H" title="JST Luke 21: 24 Now these things he spake unto them, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem.">fulfilled</a>.
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/25a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Luke 21: 24-26 (Appendix).">And</a> there shall be signs in the sun, and in the <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/25b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Astronomy.">moon</a>, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
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Men’s hearts <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 45: 26; D&C 88: 91.">failing</a> them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 34: 4.">shaken</a>.
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And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 7: 13; D&C 34: 7.">cloud</a> with power and great glory.
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And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 35: 26.">redemption</a> draweth nigh.
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And he spake to them a parable; Behold the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/29a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 35: 16 (15-16); D&C 45: 37 (34-38).">fig</a> tree, and all the trees;
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When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
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Verily I say unto you, This generation <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/32a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Luke 21: 32  . . .  the generation when the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled, shall not  . . .">shall</a> not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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&#182; And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/34a" mark="a" type="R" title="GR debauchery; TG Rioting and Reveling.">surfeiting</a>, and drunkenness, and <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/34b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Worldliness.">cares</a> of this life, and <i>so</i> that <sup>c</sup><a href="luke/21/34c" mark="c" type="A" title="Luke 17: 24; 1 Thes. 5: 4.">day</a> come upon you <sup>d</sup><a href="luke/21/34d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Procrastination.">unawares</a>.
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For as a <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 3: 3; Rev. 16: 15; D&C 63: 15.">snare</a> shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/36a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Watchfulness.">Watch</a> ye therefore, and <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/21/36b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prayer.">pray</a> always, <sup>c</sup><a href="luke/21/36c" mark="c" type="H" title="JST Luke 21: 36  . . .  and keep my commandments, that ye  . . .">that</a> ye may be accounted <sup>d</sup><a href="luke/21/36d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Worthiness.">worthy</a> to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of <sup>e</sup><a href="luke/21/36e" mark="e" type="H" title="JST Luke 21: 36  . . .  when he shall come clothed in the glory of his Father.">man</a>.
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And in the day time he was <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/21/37a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 26: 55; John 8: 2 (1-2).">teaching</a> in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called <i>the mount</i> of Olives.
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And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
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